La première marche (No Contest)

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On his way to a rave in the Argentine Pampas, Martín takes refuge in a mysterious tavern after a strange accident. As night falls, paranoia and eerie visions blur reality, revealing lurking supernatural forces.

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Every day, Achraf is haunted by an imposing knight’s armor that follows him everywhere: to work, with friends, and even onstage as a drag king. Invisible to others, the armor grows harder to ignore, reflecting the pressures, fears, and inner battles that quietly shape his life.

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Determined to prove to his father that he is the city's most feared gangster, Alessandro sets out to rob a bar with his friend Joe. However, when they discover that it is a drag queen bar and that the star performer is Alessandro's father in drag, the night takes an unexpected turn.

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A court, a cell, awaiting a sentence. Two boys : Warda, a Lebanese refugee and Ange, a white delinquent. An attempted escape in the toilets sparks a manhunt, and the two fugitives, despite their different languages, try to imagine their fate together.

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Trans women boxers share their stories of gender euphoria, struggles, and resilience, revealing the powerful bonds they build through their shared practice of the sport.

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Najib, a reserved 16-year-old, spends his summer alone, absorbed in video games. When his elderly Algerian neighbor disappears, he secretly takes her apartment keys and uncovers traces of a vanished world. Through this quiet exploration, he begins to open himself to others and to islands on the verge of disappearing.

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A 'sissy devil' explores the depths of internet intelligence by conducting an 'advanced search' on an outdated search engine. Meanwhile, a female artist sketches her destiny.

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Determined to prove to his father that he is the city's most feared gangster, Alessandro sets out to rob a bar with his friend Joe. However, when they discover that it is a drag queen bar and that the star performer is Alessandro's father in drag, the night takes an unexpected turn.

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Azad is a transman and aspiring film student who lives discreetly, but happily, with his girlfriend Nora in Iran’s bustling capital, Tehran. After the long and grueling process of acquiring gender affirming care, one last step stands in Azad’s way of medically transitioning–a signature of consent from his estranged father. Farnoosh Samadi presents the heart-wrenching tale of young love strained under the confines of social oppression, where sumptuary legislation enforces dress codes and women can be subjected to ‘virginity tests.’ Even darker shadows lurk beneath the stunning scenery of the remote Iranian village where Azad hails from–a place he is no longer welcome for bringing shame to his conservative and superstitious family simply by being himself. Plagued by strange premonitions, in intermittent and surreal dream sequences, Nora soon finds herself suspicious of her partner’s true whereabouts when Azad suddenly goes missing and his family insists that he has returned to Tehran without her. A slow burn that eventually heats up with riveting intensity, Between Dreams and Hope tells a remarkable story of strength, courage, and resilience that leaves a profound and lasting impression long after the credits have rolled.

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The protean central character of Queerpanorama has built a sex life for himself as an unreliable narrator. Curious about Hong Kong’s international tourists and struggling immigrants, this native Hongkonger briefly infiltrates their bubbles in the guise of other men he has bedded. In an open relationship with an American boyfriend—who, like his other writerly conjurings, may or may not exist—the anonymous ‘I’ (Jayden Cheung) uses his freedom to educate himself on the “complicated universe.” From vast urban spaces to remote beaches, and many a quiet restaurant and architectural marvel in between, ‘I’ bumps up against vastly different lifestyles and circumstances. Copulating and conversing with men who, like him, are searching for grounding or simply to lose themselves. For everyone seems to have reasons to be someone else—even if just for the length of their next encounter. Actor-turned-writer-director Jun Li renders his sexual odyssey in silky black and white, lending its contemporary subject matter a timeless, heightened air. With the noirish romanticism of In the Mood for Love and the beautifully framed melancholy of Lost in Translation, he depicts shifting ideas of normalcy and the burdens we bear or share.

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Frustrated sci-fi writer Julian is facing a slump in his relationship. So will his fiancé Leo's trip into orbit with the world's first ever low-cost alternative spaceline provide them with just the space they need to get back on track?

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The city is Paris, the year is 2014, and same-sex marriage has recently been legalized in France. Céline and Nadia—both in their thirties—decide to get married and start a family (via insemination) but as pioneers of lesbian parenting, they quickly discover how far from equality they actually remain. A remarkable debut from Alice Douard, Des preuves d’amour (Love Letters) explores the trials of lesbian parenting, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments to help ease the tension of unrelenting obstacles. While most would agree that one can never truly prepare for parenthood, Douard’s film shows the barriers that a lesbian couple must overcome—to name a few, there’s mandatory marital status, adoption papers for the non-gestational parent, and fifteen letters of attestation from friends and family (PS–they can’t all be lesbians!). Though these demands compound an already overwhelming milestone, Céline (Ella Rumpf) and Nadia (Monia Chokri, Les amours imaginaires) persist, enduring character judgments and microaggressions as they navigate through the endless bureaucratic hoops that no heterosexual couple would have to surpass. But the most significant challenge for Céline will be to reconnect her estranged mother Marguerite—a famous concert pianist who’s currently in Paris for a tour—from whom Céline needs a letter.

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A stroke upends 76-year-old Vicente’s recently charmed life in the Canary Islands, forcing him to trade his queer eden for a restrictive care home in San Sebastián—and to consider how essential his sexuality is to his identity. Among the nude forms dotting the Maspalomas dunes is Vicente (Jose Ramón Soroiz), a young man giving him pleasure. After 50 closeted years, this sensual existence is to be his reward. But three months later, he finds himself in a long-term care facility with neither income nor his beloved dog, minded by his estranged daughter (Nagore Aranburu). Paired with a motormouthed roommate (Kandido Uranga) with far right sympathies. Anonymously messaging his carer Iñaki (Kepa Errasti) but rejecting him in person. Camera sweeps and choral flourishes encapsulating a world that moves while he sits still. Then, a new manager brings changes just as he’s assimilated to the pale ghost of his days, dangling the hope of a “real home.” Taking us from 2018 Pride to the 2020 pandemic, directors Aitor Arregi and José Mari Goenaga honour those affected by health crises and the inexorable fact of time’s passage, which alters us in unpredictable ways.

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Trans women boxers share their stories of gender euphoria, struggles, and resilience, revealing the powerful bonds they build through their shared practice of the sport.

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Passionate, provocative, and powerful—it’s easy to see why Bearcave was awarded the Europa Cinema Label at the 2025 Venice Film Festival. Set in a fictional remote village in the Balkan Mountains of Greece, a love story between two lifelong friends unfolds—but will their relationship survive the call of womanhood? Argyro is a farm girl—hard-working, unpretentious, and wholesome while Anneta is … in a bit of trouble. Whisked away by her law enforcement beau (and carrying his child) Anneta’s move to the city threatens to sever her friendship with Argyro for good, but their understated glances from across the crowd at a party one night tells a different story. The whisper of sweet nothings and foggy windows in Argyro’s pickup truck soon fade to memory, leaving behind a cloud of confusion and heartbreak, that is—until Anneta’s side of the story unfolds. Set against a backdrop of sweeping landscapes, a mystical cave, and nettle bushes, Bearcave is a film that’s steeped in tradition, then abruptly subverted, and not only by a sapphic love story, but a hybrid soundscape of folkloric and contemporary music, as well as ethereal sequences of cinematographic magic.

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Trapped within their frames and watched by a menacing curator, two paintings form a silent bond that sparks a revolution. Blending live-action and animation, this surreal short explores power, resistance, queer identity, and the longing to break free from the confines of constructed worlds.